S.I. No. 410/2009 - Cluster Munitions and Anti-personnel Mines Act 2008 (Commencement) Order 2009

1. This Order may be cited as the Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Act 2008 (Commencement) Order 2009.

2. The 8th day of October 2009 is appointed as the day on which the

Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Act 2008

(No. 20 of 2008) comes into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

8 October 2009.

MICHEÁL MARTIN,

Minister for Foreign Affairs.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

This Order appoints 8th October 2009 as the date on which the

Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Act 2008

comes into operation.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

13

th October

, 2009.

I, MICHEÁL MARTIN, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 1

(2) of the

Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Act 2008

(No. 20 of 2008), hereby order as follows